We’ll keep it short. We know many have been anticipating the release of Trapeez and it has taken some time to get things of the ground (including sending out beta invites). With that, there is some news we need to deliver, both good and bad.

The bad news

Unforunately, we have to halt development on Trapeez for BlackBerry 7. It is mostly complete but we’re not happy with the compromises our customers would have to make with the application in its current state.

The good news

By taking these actions, we expedite the launch of Trapeez for the BlackBerry PlayBook and BlackBerry 10. Also, this would also allow us to focus on our BlackBerry 10 and BlackBerry PlayBook applications (both new and old).

We know this news may not sit well with some of you but it is a difficult choice we had to make.

For those who attended my session at the BlackBerry 10 Jam conference, I promised something that quite a few developers were interested in:

Test Lab for Developers

We solely use this service as a means of distribution of our betas and decided to polish it, secure it and share it with those who may want to give it a try.

Developers on the BlackBerry® platform will soon have the service needed to provide controlled beta testing without needing to deal with all the time-consuming like generating license keys, compiling feedback or managing . With Test Lab, this is all done for you.

Cloudee is a CloudApp client for the BlackBerry PlayBook. CloudApp is a popular cloud service (with companion Mac application) where you can easily share screenshots, bookmarks, photos and more. We’re bringing this same functionality to the PlayBook. You DON’T need a Mac to use this app or the CloudApp service. There is an application available for Windows, as well.

Features:

– View files from your CloudApp account
– Download files to your PlayBook from CloudApp
– Upload new files from your PlayBook to CloudApp – View bookmarks right within the app
– Send files to trash
– Stream audio right within the app
– Filter content by item type (swipe to right, as seen above)